the what u saw at the gym TODAY thread

[GoPies]

A guy benching to his neck.

Now that sounds dangerous

 

[Oli]

A guy benching to his neck.

guillotine press. a lot of powerlifting vets who can no longer bench do it, strong wouldnt recommend tho.

 

[gareer]

Curling on a deadlifting platform...that's a new one.

 

[unt0uchable]

Straps during a partial 140kg bench press with a suicide grip, the hell?

 

[Iron Alliance]

I'd wear Jeans to the gym, but I prefer to lift raw.

Saw old mate benching 145kg for triples. Didn't look like too much of a strain.

 

[walt]

Also i forgot to add. 2 guys doing dips in the squat rack.

 

[Mickdog]

A free squat rack, a free bench and the rest of the room to myself. If the gym stays like that I will work out there all the time. Fucking awesome.

 

[The Hamburgler]

Not today . . . But a couple of odd ones.

The guy using the smith machine to bench . . . fair enough. Supinated grip? Hmmm . . . "yeah I think holding the bar this way makes it a bicep exercise" Fair enu- WHAT!?!?!?

Then there's the guy that I only ever see doing arm sessions whilst wearing about $500 worth of clothes, from a v-neck tee to jeans and poofy looking shoes. And to think he gave me a funny look cos I was bare feet in footy shorts and a wifebeater that's been ripped in 3 places

I wish I could do that at our gym, but they have the benches back to back in this stupid order.

Could always do what I do - start with the bar on the bench and row from there (kinda like a box in a box squat). I find it helps (slightly) with me cheating too much

A fuckign rude ass PT that walks in front of me to grab a plate , I mean right in front when I'm squatting. Rude little prick. I had to stop and balance my self with weight on my shoulders so I WOULDN'T HIT HIM..

Fing Genesis

I would have KO'd him with the bar, completed my sets, then given him a serve when he finally came to.
One of the things you're taught as a PT is general gym etiquette etc so clearly the guy is just a d*ckwad

 

[lil_joe]

Just warming up with some stretches in the vicinity of the squat rack.

I witness a guy put on a belt, then the gloves and then set up the bar with 5kg plates on either side to... wait for it. Bicep curl. -_-

 

[Iron Alliance]

The guy using the smith machine to bench . . . fair enough. Supinated grip? Hmmm . . . "yeah I think holding the bar this way makes it a bicep exercise" Fair enu- WHAT!?!?!?

I do reverse grip benches in the Smith. A very effective way to isolate and heavily load the triceps without the fear of guillotining yourself, if you're no good at RGB.

 

[macca]

A fuckign rude ass PT that walks in front of me to grab a plate , I mean right in front when I'm squatting. Rude little prick. I had to stop and balance my self with weight on my shoulders so I WOULDN'T HIT HIM..

Fing Genesis

Genesis at Gosford? if you think they fucked, try planet fitness, trainers there are mass douches.

 

[Admin]

can't get to the gym today ,the road is flooded

 

[Oli]

Genesis at Gosford? if you think they fucked, try planet fitness, trainers there are mass douches.

planet fitness newcastle is pretty good.

 

[JDizzle]

I thought at planet fatness you cant lift weights if they are not attached to a machine

 

[Oli]

I thought at planet fatness you cant lift weights if they are not attached to a machine

the australian one is a different franchise i think, my nearest planet fitness has a platform with a full set of eleikos...

 

[brendon]

ok at club lame.

Walked in ... 3 squat racks taken up by ppl doing bb bicep curls, i made my point very clear to each one that this is a squat rack. me. " hey how many sets u got left coz id like to use this rack to squat which is its intended purpose" them... bewildered look on there face coz i said the word squat...

then i saw 2 guys both with nicely gelled hair and tap out shirts no sign of sweat on them doing upright rows with 30kg wearing wraps and a belt!!!! WTF!!!!

 

[knoted]

ok at club lame.

Walked in ... 3 squat racks taken up by ppl doing bb bicep curls, i made my point very clear to each one that this is a squat rack. me. " hey how many sets u got left coz id like to use this rack to squat which is its intended purpose" them... bewildered look on there face coz i said the word squat...

Maybe I'm rolling in the wrong crowd... But everytime someone is rowing or curling in the only squat rack, I simply say "I need you to do those off the floor, I'm squatting". And they always, without fail, just walk off. Maybe I intimidate them...

Do you guys actually have a problem with curlers not moving when you ask them too? Or do you just not ask?

 

[brendon]

if there was only one id tell them to get out of it for sure. none of them were intimidating.. i only had t owait 5 minutes to get a rack... was still quite amusing.

 

[macca]

the australian one is a different franchise i think, my nearest planet fitness has a platform with a full set of eleikos...

Shiiiiit, gosford doesn't even have a power rack. One oly bb in the whole place, and that is on hte only bench. When i visited with a mate, i was blasted for taking it for deadies hahaha

 

[Oli]

lol wow. It also has a 'free weights' section with a power rack, ghr, kegs...

Shit thing about planet fitness though is that their prices are so low. They can pack the place out at lunch time. I shudder to think what monday night would be like.